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A large, open building with a reflective pond in front. 1
A military vehicle on a bridge with the word "OMAHA" on a building in the background. 2
A military tank with a star insignia, a large gun barrel, and a soldier standing beside it. 3
A military scene with soldiers in uniform, a jeep, and various equipment. 4
A military tank on display, surrounded by a metal frame structure. 5
By Clewel Travel

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Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is RM 3,073 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 14h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

  • Private trip to Normandy D-Day Top 6 sights. Mercedes E220 business-class car or Mercedes minivan. Live Guided during the whole trip. Tiered pricing. Door-to-door Pick up and Drop off included. Highlights You are going to learn: Best anti-war Caen Memorial and Museum, 360 Circular Cinema with very impressive documentary, Arromanches-les-Bains Viewpoint over artificial D-Day harbour, Omaha Beaches with Signal Monument, Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer with very nice Museum, Pointe du Hoc Rangers Monument with fortifications, Overlord Museum with big collections of WW2 artifacts.
    Duration of 14 hours (longer as usual).
    Mercedes miinivan or car drives faster than a bus. You save up around two hours.
    This Experience can be customised. Another Live guided Experience from 2 people available. 15 other day trips from Paris in Small-groups and as Private Experiences offered by Clewel Travel.

Activity location

  • Memorial de Caen
    • Esplanade General Eisenhower
    • 14050, Caen, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Memorial de Caen
    • Esplanade General Eisenhower
    • 14050, Caen, France

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Private D-Day Live Guided

  • Activity duration is 14 hours14h
    14h
  • English

Live Guided from 2 people
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:30
Price details
RM 3,073.10 x 2 AdultsRM 6,146.20
Total
Price is RM 6,146.20
Until Fri, 28 Aug

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Professional Driver, Live-guided during the whole trip
  • Inclusions
    Normandy American Cemetery and Visitor's Center in Colleville-sur-Mer
  • Inclusions
    All Fees and Taxes, Bottled water
  • Inclusions
    Overlord Museum, Omaha Beach Signal Monument
  • Inclusions
    Mercedes E220/E300 business class car or Mercedes Minivan
  • Inclusions
    Caen Memorial and Museum, Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument
  • Inclusions
    360* Circular Cinema in Arromanches-les-Bains
  • Exclusions
    Meals and Drinks
  • Exclusions
    Souvenirs and Gratuites.

Know before you book

    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Paris (Pass by)

07:30 Pick up from Your hotel in Paris and departure destination Caen by our air conditioned comfortable Mercedes minivan. It takes about 3 hours (240 km) to reach the Memorial of Caen. One stop at the rest area will be made. This trip is Live guided from 4 participants.

Memorial de Caen

  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
10:30 - 12:00 Visit of The Caen Memorial and Museum, located in the British Sword Beach sector. Caen Museum is the best World War II museum in France. You will get an overview of the battle of Normandy as well the sense of the personal lives of the people who took part in it. An excellent 19-minute film documents this battle with original historic footage. 12:00 Departure to Arromanches-les-Bains. It takes about 0,5 hour (30 km) on the national roads crossing beautiful countryside and small villages.

Arromanches-les-Bains

  • 1h
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break and visit of Arromanches-les-Bains town. The way from Caen Memorial to the Arromanches-les-Bains is 26 km and takes just half an hour. Arromanches is a small seaside town famous for its former artificial Mulberry Harbour. Located in the center of the Gold Beach landing zone it played an invaluable role in the D-Day landings. The Allies built here an artificial temporary harbour for unloading of vehicles, materials, and people. Mulberry Harbour had, by June 12, 1944, helped bring 300,000 men, 54,000 vehicles, and 104,000 tons of supplies to Europe.

Arromanches 360 Circular Cinema

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
13:30 - 14:30 Visit of the 360 Circular Cinema and Viewpoint over the bay of Arromanches. 14:30 Departure to the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center. It is just half an hour drive (20 km).

Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer

  • 1h 10m
  • Admission ticket included
15:00 - 16:10 Arrival and Visit of the Normandy American Cemetery & Visitor Center, located in Colleville-sur-Mer and overlooking Omaha Beach. It contains 9,387 U.S. soldiers, most of whom were killed during the Normandy Landings and the Wall of the Missing with the names of 1,557 soldiers missing in action. The cliffs leading down to the beaches contain the remnants of the German defences, including concrete casemates with memorials to the soldiers. At Normandy American Cemetery you’ll see as well the semicircular memorial colonnade with the sculpture “Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves” and large maps of military operations; and the most beautiful, idyllic spot on Planet Earth. 16:10 Departure to the close located Overlord Museum.

Overlord Museum - Omaha Beach

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
16:15 - 16:45 Overlord museum visit. 16:45 Departure to Omaha Beaches. It takes just 5 minutes (5 km).

Omaha Beach

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
16:50 - 17:20 Arrival at Omaha Beaches. Learn about the huge sacrifice made by the 34 000 men who landed here on D-Day. Omaha Beach is the most popular travellers destination of the D-Day Beaches. 17:20 Departure to Pointe du Hoc. I takes 15 minutes (10 km).

Pointe Du Hoc Memorial

  • 1h
17:30 - 18:30 Arrival at Pointe du Hoc, a prominent cliff between Utah and Omaha Beach. This point was important because it was the highest land between Omaha and Utah beaches and could thus fire upon both of them. The site was a gun battery, fortified with concrete casemates and gun pits, forming part of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall defences. Visiting the Pointe du Hoc You will learn about the 2nd Ranger battalion sacrifice to take this crucial gun battery on the cliffs of Omaha Beach on June 6th 1944. Many of the original fortifications and bunkers remain on the site and are open to the public, including the fire control casemate, on top of which there is a monument to the 2nd Ranger Battalion. 18:30 Departure to Paris. It takes about 3,5 hours (300 km).

Paris (Pass by)

21:30 Arrival in Paris. Drop off at Your hotel.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Memorial de Caen
    • Esplanade General Eisenhower
    • 14050, Caen, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Memorial de Caen
    • Esplanade General Eisenhower
    • 14050, Caen, France

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